btbeth

Favorite Crafts

08/21/17 - My computer has finally crapped out and I can't afford to replace it so I am now accessing the web thru alternate means. This has put the brakes on my swapping as much. I still check in often so feel free to message me. I hope to resume as usual when I am able.

I love all types of crafts, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE paper crafts! I am currently into flip books and junk journals, but am delving deeper into the ATC world as well as starting my exploration into Zines.. Here is a video of the Flip book Meg, Little Hot Tamale, made for me. Its one of my favorites ever! Also, Here is a flip book I made for one of my favorite snail mail bloggers. She featured it! SOOO pumped! lol I have been paper crafting off and on for about 30 years. I started with making broom dolls from the twisted paper, and went from there into all sorts of other crafts, including candle and soap making, jewelry making, sewing, crocheting,country crafts, and more recently I have gotten into altered items & junk journals, I actually won a blue ribbon for a journal I entered into the Fryeburg Fair (Maine's largest agricultural fair). If you would like to look at that, you can see it on my YouTube Channel, here.
My messy craft station, lol.

About Me

I am a single, SAH, homeschooling mom to 4, & nana to 2 who is a Color Street rep. What is Color Street? 100% nail polish strips and they’re gorgeous! If you want to check them out at www.BlingFingers.com.
Here are my Granddaughters with my sister (Yes, she does Roller Derby

I have 5 fur babies- 2 Maine Coon cat brothers, Smudge and Rascal and 3 guinea pig princesses named Pixie-Anne, Maisie Lou & Hazel Potter. Pixie is 3, is spoiled and is a "nana's girl". We got Maisie on 8/27/16 at 3 w(h)eeks 2 days & she is Pixie's wicked cute BFF! We rescued skittishly sweet Hazel on 10/12/16 at about a year old and after almost 9 months of living side by side in 2 separate cages, we have successfully merged the BFFs and Hazy together into a "super enclosure" made from C&C grids and an XL twin size captains bed so they can now interact, talk, kiss, groom and munch on nummy hay all together. All of these spoiled ladies are super happy to be here and with people who love them.
3 Pretty Piggies

Pixie Lips!
Lawn Time!
We all live in the Mount Washington Valley of NH. The pic below is of the Nov 2016 Supermoon over Mount Washington. I love my backyard, lol.

I am a Minister & a self-proclaimed geek.. I enjoy fantasy stories and am enamored with fairies, elves and other mythical beings. I have always had an attraction to all things celestial, too, so things relating to the sun, moon and stars have been items I have collected for years.

Favorite Television

I love so many types of television that I guess I will just list what I can think of off the top of my head, and add more as I remember them, lol.. Here goes and in no particular order:
Criminal Minds,
The Walking Dead,
How to Get Away with Murder,
Madame Secretary,
Drunk History,
Discovery ID shows,
Alaska The Last Frontier,
Tiny House World,
10 Things You Didn't Know About...,
Who Do You Think You Are?,
Long Island Medium,
The Haunting Of...,
Rehab Addict,
House, Kitchen, Bath and Yard Crashers,
Designated Survivor,
Sister Wives,

Some of my creations

Please take a look at a few of the items I have created in the past. I hope the pics show you that I care about detail and try to put all kinds of effort, thought and love into my work.

Pocket letter - Shabby Chic style

Greeting card

INCHIESSSSS!!!

Collage made with some inchies from a swap

Magnet

Dia De Los Muertos tag

Badge with sentiment embellishments

Fresh and fun Pocket Letter

Altered Composition Book

Friendship/Deco books

Swap Bot!!

I promise to ALWAYS send, and usually before the actual send by date. I also promise to always rate as soon as I get your swap. If you find I have not rated you, please let me know and we can figure out why, together!

Likes, Dislikes & more!

First off, let me say THANK YOU for scrolling this far, lol. Here is where I will share what I like and dont like, in case you may need that for a swap.
I Love most all stickers!! Especially the ones I can use as embellishments in flipbooks and on paper crafting projects. Think Jolee's, Sticko, MAMBI, Reflections & the like (no reward stickers, please). I love roosters, elephants. dragonflies, butterflies, Mystical, Magical, fantastical creatures & lore. I collect post cards, office supplies (paper clips, pens, sticky notes, shipping tags, labels, brads, etc), Kawaii designed stationery & accessories. I love sequins and jumbo glitter, punchies and die cuts. I have cuttlebug and thin dies, as well as a plethora of the old red, yellow and green sizzix dies and alphas as well as a cricut create, but I rarely dig them out. I also have a few punches and edge dies, but a girl can never have too much ephemera, now can she?! I like Tim Holtz stuff and the vintage/grunge style as well as steampunk and would love to expand my collection of stamps and dies for the Tim Holtz line. I have almost all the plates I need to have to use the 12" dies in the cuttlebug - just need the "c" plate in the 12" length. lol wishful thinking, right now.

As for Tea.... I only drink Iced and it has to be Arizona, so that is senders choice - my son loves hot tea. As for Chocolate.. most anything but dark and for candy, anything but licorice - BLECH!

I am an ordained minister but prefer to stay away from sending or receiving religious kinds of stuff. I like to be able to control the influx of that into my home, as my religious beliefs may not lie entirely in line with yours. WE can still be best friends, tho! lol.

I dont read an awful lot, although I used to. Just dont really have the time. I suppose I like my stories spoon-fed to me in movie or television form, nowadays. My failing eyesight & other medical issues also play a large part in that. I love anything to do with history.

I would love to travel, especially to Ireland and Sweden but again - Medical issues... I grew up on the ocean, but live in the mountains, so I like lighthouses and country mountain type scenes, also love Amish culture so anything Amish related would be spectacular!

Post cards are a new obsession of mine, and I just started collecting them, so any kind of post card is welcome. Hand made, Naked, in an envelope.. all of them... except of course extremely religious. I mean.. If you want to send one of the Pope, or the Vatican, or that BIG statue of Jesus, or a cathedral or temple with awesome architecture, a representation of a specific religious figure, like Budda or one of the Hindu Gods/Goddesses, anything with Pentagrams and Moon/Luna type or "general belief" quotes as in - Be good to me, I'll be good to you, Live and let live, or Mother Nature/Earth. .... Go ahead and send - yes, please!!. BUT... if you want me to convert to something, are professing a particular belief or want to send praying children, "Bless" you and yours type, Scriptures or paintings of Jesus surrounded by baby animals ...please refrain.
My fandoms include but are not limited to the following in varying degrees, depending on the time and what mood I am in, so these are in no particular order & listed just as I think of them off the top of my head: Star Wars, World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Walking Dead, Game Of Thrones, Big Brother,

If I am in a swap with you, and you dont see info listed here that will help you out, just shoot me a pm! I try to check in here on the daily.

Ratings

Comment: Thank you so much Beth Can't wait to open my goodies. Grayson was so excited when he saw that he had mail & LOVED the $3, especially b/c it was all taped together. He thought that was very cool. Me too - tee hee! Happy Holidays!!

Comment: Hello again to you, too! =) I'm thrilled to find more GORGEOUS mail from you! Your decorated envelopes are almost too pretty to open. And I LOVE the postcards, washi samples, and stickers! Thank you so much!

Comment: Wow, what a beautiful envelope you created!!! It's awesome finding mail in the box that brings a big smile. =) I love the tag kit, too, and already know exactly which gift will get to sport it. Thank you and thanks for joining my swap!

Comment: What a festive envelope! Thank you for all the goodies inside. I laughed at the sticker that says, "I shaved my legs today." Seriously, ain't nobody got time for that. haha! You already have SNOW?! It's nearly 80 here! Happiest of holidays to you and yours.

You're the BEST! Many thanks for the very delightful Cavallini postcards! The airmail cards are so classy and retro and then the animal cards are just A. Maz. Ing. (That camel is so ugly he's cute!) Thank you, thank you for a wonderful tag ~ and coming in the clear envie made me do a happy dance right out at our curb mailbox!

Beth, a very belated thank you for the amazing wishes you sent from my April AATW wishlist. I love the beautiful notecards! I was out of town for nearly the whole month of May so didn't have a chance to thank you 'til now.

You're welcome for the papers! Happy to hear they're new to you and you like them. ^_^ I pulled from older 8x8 pads in my stash, so that probably helped. I really don't get to buy paper pads much anymore and when I do, I get 4x6 ones (I convince myself that because they're smaller they won't take up much space in my stash).